New Supreme Court term begins with cases on climate change, immigration and gun rights By Lindsay Whitehurst October 5, 2026 at 6:13 a.m. The Supreme Court’s new term begins Monday with cases on climate change, religious rights and...
Supreme Court to weigh whether oil companies can be forced to pay for climate damage By David G. Savage October 4, 2026 at 2:21 p.m. The Supreme Court will open its new term Monday by hearing arguments on whether the...
Dixmoor hopes meter replacement effort will help solve village’s water woes By Elena Tittel October 4, 2026 at 5:01 a.m. The village of Dixmoor’s approximately 100-year-old water infrastructure might finally getting a major overhaul through...
Trump plan would remove protections for national forests like Shawnee: ‘We stand to lose our solitude’ By Christiana Freitag October 4, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. More than 170,000 acres in the Midwest could be opened to roads, logging and mining,...
Keurig debuts plastic-free coffee pods By Bloomberg October 2, 2026 at 6:24 p.m. The puck-shaped capsules come eight to a box, and most varieties will cost $1.37 each...
Planning commission focuses on rebuilding Northwest Indiana’s tree canopy By Doug Ross October 2, 2026 at 2:21 p.m. Environmentalists are focused on improving Northwest Indiana’s tree canopy in the wake of the Aug....
Illinois attorney general files motion to halt operations at South Deering plant accused of excessive odors By Finnegan Belleau October 1, 2026 at 6:38 p.m. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a motion Thursday to halt operations at a Southeast...
Chicago joins lawsuit over Trump’s EPA repealing rule that limits emissions from power plants By Mathew Daly October 1, 2026 at 1:22 p.m. The City of Chicago joined other cities and states suing the Trump administration for repealing...
Trail camera sighting highlights bobcats’ stealthy presence in Will County By Elena Tittel October 1, 2026 at 11:19 a.m. After being declared a threatened species in Illinois in the 1990s, bobcats have rebounded and...
Data centers could generate $57B over next decade in Illinois if public backlash addressed, study says By John Lippert October 1, 2026 at 4:57 p.m. Public policy changes like capping residential electricity rate increases at 5% per year could help...